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Aaron Boone officially announced his retirement from baseball on Tuesday.

Boone will pursue a broadcasting career with ESPN's "Baseball Tonight." The 36-year-old will finish with a .263/.326/.425 career batting line, 126 home runs and 555 RBI. He played 12 major league seasons. Tue, Feb 23, 2010 11:15:00 AM

According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, 36-year-old infielder Aaron Boone is likely to announce his retirement this winter.

Boone made a brave return just five months after open-heart surgery this season, but isn't much of a baseball player at this point in his career. He batted just .154 in 26 at-bats near the end of '09 while navigating the Astros' farm system and didn't manage a hit in 13 at-bats once promoted to the major league level. As it stands, he's a .263/.326/.425 career hitter with 126 home runs and 555 RBI over 12 seasons. Wed, Oct 14, 2009 11:06:00 AM

Just five months after open-heart surgery, Boone is back in the bigs. He batted .154 in 26 at-bats between Double-A Corpus Christi and Triple-A Round Rock. Boone hasn't been promised a specific role on the team by manager Cecil Cooper, but he could start against southpaw Ted Lilly on Wednesday. Tue, Sep 1, 2009 01:26:00 PM

The Astros confirmed Friday that Aaron Boone (open-heart surgery) will return to the club on September 1.

Boone has proven his health with an extended rehab assignment and is raring to get back to the bigs. He'll get his chance Tuesday. "Not that I didn't have an appreciation of it before," said the veteran, "but now I have a real appreciation for what it's like to play at the elite Major League level." He'll be a platoon player and isn't likely to hold much fantasy value. Sat, Aug 29, 2009 01:47:00 AM

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McCann has been dealing with tendinitis and inflammation in his right knee, but still hopes to return when first eligible. With Evan Gattis (concussion) also hurt, the Astros have been rolling out Max Stassi and Juan Centeno at catcher.

Gattis was cleared to resume hitting after passing his imPact concussion test. He's hoping to be activated at some point during the team's current eight-game homestand. The Astros could sure use him with their other catcher Brian McCann (knee) also on the disabled list.

Now four weeks removed from thumb surgery, Correa has progressed to throwing, running and fielding. He's been hitting flips but is probably still a few days away from live BP. Correa will surely need a minor rehab stint and probably won't be back until early-to-mid September.

It was his second mound workout since he landed on the disabled list in late July with back discomfort. McCullers should soon advance to live batting practice and could be ready for a minor league rehab assignment by the middle of next week. The young starter is tracking toward an early-September return.

He tested positive for Boldenone. Paulino has decided not to appeal the ruling. The Astros have 80 games left after tonight, so this effectively ends his season. The right-hander was undefeated in six starts for Houston, but struggled to a 6.52 ERA during that stretch.

This will be his third mound session after throwing on both Sunday and Wednesday. Harris may face hitters on Friday, which would put him on track to begin a rehab assignment sometime next week. When healthy, he'll work as the bridge to Ken Giles in the ninth inning.

This one seems pretty fishy. Sipp has been terrible since the All-Star break (17.47 ERA in seven outings) and the Astros just traded for Francisco Liriano, who figures to replace Sipp as the team's lefty specialist out of the pen. Maybe Sipp is actually hurt but the more likely explanation is that Houston wanted him to go away for a while.

Jandel Gustave underwent season-ending surgery on his right elbow Wednesday in Houston.

It was a UCL reconstruction procedure, which sounds a lot like Tommy John surgery. Gustave landed on the disabled list April 20 after experiencing tightness in his right forearm and he'll now remain sidelined until sometime in 2018.

It was his first time on the mound since bowing out with a shoulder injury at the start of August. Per beat writer Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle, Feliz is behind Will Harris (shoulder), Lance McCullers (back) and Tony Sipp (calf), who are also in rehab mode. Feliz has posted an underwhelming 5.04 ERA while filling a middle relief role for the 'Stros this year.